Safety, housing, blight and more — Here’s how SJ plans to tackle its biggest problems

THE SAN JOSE mayor’s transition committees have finally made their private discussions public.

Mayor Matt Mahan created five closed-door committees to meet and advise him on the city’s most pressing problems ahead of this year’s budget process — a move highly criticized because it lacked transparency and potentially flouted the law. The now-dissolved committees were tasked to create measurable goals to track San Jose’s progress on solving the city’s top issues. At the Feb. 14 San Jose City Council meeting, the decisions were made public.